Arsenal are to host Hull City in the 5th round of The FA Cup. The Gunners had no problems against Burnley in the previous round, beating The Clarets 2-1 at The Emirates Stadium. In addition, Arsenal are in very good form. They beat Leicester City last weekend with the same score, turning things around after being 0-1 down at half time. Danny Welbeck scored his first goal of the season in the 5th minute of added time.

The only chance for the visiting team is that Arsene Wenger could decide to save the powers of his key players for Arsenal’s game against Barcelona in The Champions League. Furthermore, Hull City are in good shape. The Tigers managed to eliminate Brighton & Hove Albion and Bury from The FA Cup. Hull City are lying top of The Championship; they are the favourites for promotion to The Premier League.

Hull City simply struggle when playing against Arsenal. The Tigers have won only 1 of 11 games against The Gunners. Their only victory was in 2008 when they beat Arsenal 2-1 at The Emirates Stadium. The Gunners won 9 of these matches.

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Only Rosicky and Cazorla are unavailable for The Gunners. The Czech midfielder still hasn’t retired from football, his injury is very serious.

Abel Hernandez of Hull City has scored 9 goals in the Tigers last 10 Championship matches. The Uruguayan has found the net 16 times in 25 games.

Danny Welbeck made a dream return for Arsenal, scoring the winning goal against Leicester. The forward is expected to start for The Gunners.

Arsene Wenger could change his starting eleven a lot, because The Gunners will have to play against Barcelona 3 days later.